KBOO Crowd Overwhelmed with Anger, Psychiatrists Concerned

Now some haters are gonna say this isn't accurate or something. What they don't get is our right to free speech means whatever we want it to mean. And that goes for facts too.

For instance, we are saving KBOO, a progressive left radio institution built by members for years to function. But sometimes you need to destroy something to save it. And failing that, spin like you're trying to make FOX news vomit! Also use ALL CAPS.

KBOO Board overwhelmed with opposition

author: Theresa Mitchell

The Board got an earful last night about corporate-style management.

No evidence is shown it's corporate style. That's cuz is OBVIOUS to any comrade we brainwash!

AN ANGRY, CONCERNED CROWD
Over seventy KBOO members and volunteers crowded into the KBOO
Station last night to confront the KBOO Board about its management
actions, technique and tone. An attempt to limit member discussion to
ten minutes was pressured down. Quorum was repeatedly interrupted as
Board member Hadrian, loudly hooted at for his comment that the Members
should be grateful for being graciously allowed into the Board session,
left in a huff (returning after an hour), and Treasurer Paula Small left
within an hour. Ms. Small's companion Kurt Lauer, a vocal
pro-corporatization volunteer, also left early, saying he had heard all
he needed to. Member Mark Sherman complained that his attempts to
introduce agenda items had been repeatedly rebuffed and ignored.

A mob of people worked up over half truths and lies is always helpful. Seems like someone forgot to bring pitchforks. This always happens! The only thing we can't figure out is why, when you're acting like a bunch of boorish fools, they rebuff our efforts to participate? It's a pickle!!!

REVERSE COURSE!
Award-winning national poet Barbara LaMorticella, radio personality
Joe Uris, and dozens of others expressed the view that the Station had
floated into dangerous waters. The attempt to get rid of Staff en masse
by "Station Navigator" Lynn Fitch was often mentioned, and many
expressed concern that the Winter Membership drive had been cancelled,
with some saying the cancellation had been an attempt to manufacture an
economic crisis. KBOO commenter/interviewer Per Fagereng said, regarding
the comment against member funding that "we can't keep milking that
cow," that, as a former dairy farmer, he knew that cows had to be milked
twice per morning to avoid discomfort and health problems!

We duped someone who won awards into making us look like someone besides the loony crowd. This helps to get people to listen to our rantings a few seconds longer than they would. Our attempt to rally the troops to lynch Fitch once and for all, failed. Turns out our FITCH = EVIL marketing needs work. Plus Cows!!!!

FITCH TAKES THE HEAT
Many members lamented the top-down and heedless management style of
Fitch, saying she was either unaware or hostile to the culture of the
Station, blaming her for allowing numerous snarky comments against the
KBOO left/dissent community (i.e. "fruits, nuts and flakes," "not just
for communists anymore," "tinfoil hats," etc.). Lynn Fitch responded
that she had not personally made the comments, saying that Staffer
Justin had come up with a pejorative-listing comic t-shirt, and that
Board Member Rabia had invented "Fruits, Nuts, and Flakes." This
explanation was met with jeers. Many speakers called for Fitch's removal
as Executive Director/Navigator. Ms. Fitch took notes during much of
the comment, occasionally leaving the room, and leaving the meeting
early, saying she would not quit.

Who does this woman think she is? We dump invective and innuendo on top of her and gosh darn it, she just shakes it off and is nice about it to boot! Teflon Fitch wasn't even phased by our intimidation attempt when Theresa Mitchell linked to an arrest record. We're having none of her so called facts and setting records straight! We're going to SAVE KBOO by inventing our own reality!!!

DETERMINED MEMBERS
KBOO commentator/interviewer Linda Olsen/Osterlund complained that
the Station Navigator had arrogated the airwaves in violation of the
station's "dirty laundry" rules, taking hours of air time, to this
point, with her views. Some commenters mentioned Fitch's recent
15-minute broadcast, saying it was lacking in substance and
embarrassing, and castigated Fitch for claiming she would take comments
on her previous broadcasts, while only allowing written questions from a
friendly monitor. Olsen/Osterlund called for the board to rein in
Fitch, noting that precedent had been set for volunteer programmers to
begin taking their own views to the air. Numerous commenters questioned
the majority of the Board's inaction in the face of economic setbacks,
particularly the loss of Membership Drive funds. This writer criticized
the idea that Drive funds would be replaced by members joining at
events, saying that had never happened in previous attempts. Former
Treasurer Gene Bradley pointed out that the new Board Policy Manual was
legally trumped by the requirements of the KBOO Bylaws as registered
with the State of Oregon, and that additional and confusing requirements
for persons running for the Board were not required, and should be
listed as "optional." Board member Michael Papadopolous agreed with
that assessment, emphasizing that the Bylaws were to be heeded.

This will teach Fitch to hog fifteen minutes of airtime to explain how to SAVE KBOO by something rational like calling on all members to help out as volunteers. Has anyone heard of a more stupid plan? Obviously the only way to SAVE KBOO is to start a whisper campaign based on lies then turn it into a full blown counter productive witch hunt! Trust us...we're experts on these things!

DISSENTING VIEWS
Portland internet commenter Ed Krause, who in past years had been
denied a program over his anti-Palestinian rhetoric, complained that the
anti-Fitch crowd was hypocritical, and as bad as Rush Limbaugh in
rejecting opposing views. He urged that Fitch "be given a chance."
Former Board member Keller Henry, arriving after two hours, pointed out
that the crowd was mostly old and White and that, regarding Fitch's
leadership, "any" change would be worth a try. Board Member Hadrian
attempted to get signatures to promote a $10 corporate Board training
course. Former Interim New Director Becky castigated current staffer
Ani Haines, and volunteer Will Mustoe defended her.

Not the Jew again. I though we took care of him by framing him on Indymedia?

Can we agree that Israel should tear down its apartheid wall, and
recognize Palestinian sovereignty? Do you think the new KBOO should
have programs that ask that question? I don't recall hearing such a
program elsewhere.

I will post a comment on KBOO.FM where at least the blogs are not
anonymous. The prior post is an impostor and the last several have been
disgusting. Any more posts on this website in my name are lies.

Ed Kraus

Sigh...good help is hard to find!

NO ACTION TAKEN
Despite the size and determination of the attending members, the
Board took no action to restrict or remove Fitch, to make up lost Drive
funds, nor to address complaints about accessibility to the Board
agenda, nor to restore the tried-and-true member funding emphasis of the
Station. A list was taken to contact Members for a Special Membership
Meeting. The meeting spilled onto the sidewalk outside the Station
after adjournment.

We fail utterly to accomplish anything. But we'll be back...LOUDER THAN EVER! WITH CAPS!!

OPINION
(I was unable to retrieve my recording of the Meeting and thus had
to compose this report from memory. I apologize in advance for errors,
and I hope that they are minimal.)
My overall impression of the event was that, first, the era of
ignoring the determination of KBOO members, to move forward as a
transparent and participatory institution, is beginning to end. There
was no confusion among the vast majority of attendees, that the
Station's culture has been upended in order to force an unwanted and
disastrous mutation, nor that there is any consideration for the will of
the members among the perpetrators (chiefly Board members Paula,
Hadrian, and Rabia, with their Navigator Lynn Fitch). Despite the
"silent majority" posturing by this group, the will of the Members is
clear. Effective action will now be taken to reverse these changes, and
to revitalize KBOO in the right way. However, the fight has just
begun.

The will of the 75 mob...clearly a mandate out of thousands of KBOO members...was clear. Fitch should be lynched! Unfortunately the gallows committee forgot the rope. It's probably with Mitchell's recording in the KBOO break room getting dissected by the black helicopter people as we speak. Oppression sucks.

We may not accomplish much. Or anything. Fact, we're probably going to be an embarrassing foot note in local history of progressive radio. But if we don't run KBOO into the ground, who will?

DEFECTING FROM THE INNER PARTY?

Then start packing for the Happy Valley Reeducation Center, where we guarantee ALL Party Members WILL be HAPPY.

But seriously folks...

For readers who don't know the background, this blog was started by a group of KBOO radio fans.

Recent events at the station have been blown out of proportion by a small group of KBOO members who feel threatened by actions of management trying to address the very real issue of financial trouble and keep the station viable.

These people instead believe they are victims of a conspiracy involving Station Navigator Lynn Fitch and have promoted their cause with the worst kind of missionary zeal, in some cases using unethical tactics like impersonation. They call themselves "Keep KBOO KBOO" and appear to be led by Theresa Mitchell, who has a penchant for using revolutionary imagery and jargon. Allies include KBOO Board members abusing their influence. This begged for satire, thus this blog was born.

We are documenting the ongoing tussle and any new fibs and misinformation the "Keep KBOO KBOO" crowd creates. They also have a website called savekboo.org . We recommend anyone leaving comments there to archive them in text or images, as a certain amount of rewriting history is known to happen there.

BACK TO THE BARRICADES COMRADES!!!!

Praise for "Save KBOO from Save KBOO"

"is the funniest thing I've read in a long time." - delighted at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013

"Anyway, the obsessives here are directly and clearly defined by how many 'NYAH NYAH NYAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH (e.g. "save kboo from asave kboo")'-titled smear-blog Obsessive Paranoiac websites they can manage to create in a week. " -huh? at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013